After tests popped up throughout the summer, Gboard has now officially announced it is using on-device AI to provide suggestions for stickers, GIFS, and emoji based on what users are typing. It was always possible to search for such content through the keyboard, but this feature brings up suggestions automatically, alerting users via the Google button on the upper left hand side of the keyboard. Additionally, Google's keyboard app gained support for 37 new languages, including new variants of Russian and Arabic, as well as several indigenous North American languages.

The AI suggestion feature, however, will only be available globally in English as of today's server-side update. Google notes that the suggestions will come to more languages and more types of content "over time." Indeed, over the past few months we've seen the suggestion feature activate for search results of popular celebrities as well.

Google updated its changelog for the latest Gboard beta to note that there are actually over 40 new language varieties, not 37 as previously stated. The changelog also mentions the addition of emoji styled 'Minis' and the floating keyboard.